The Art of Diversity

Undergraduate courses

• Instrumental training for different musical instruments (accordion, bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, horn, oboe, organ, percussion, piano, recorder, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin)
• Jazz / Performing Artist
• Integrative composition (instrumental composition, electronic composition, jazz composition, pop composition, composition and visualisation)
• Church music
• Voice (concert performance, Lieder, oratorio and music theatre)
• School Music (primary and junior secondary school: GHRGe or Grundschule, Hauptschule, Realschule and the relevant years of Gesamtschule)
• School Music (secondary: GyGe or Gymnasium and Gesamtschule, i.e. academic high school and comprehensive)
• Music pedagogy
• Musicology in combination with an artistic subject
• Musicals
• Acting
• Physical Theatre
• Directing
• Dance
• Industrial Design
• Communication Design
• Photography

Advanced programs

• Orchestral playing
• Conducting (orchestral/choir)
• Vocal Ensemble Direction
• Musicology in combination with an artistic discipline
• Chamber music
• Composition (electronic composition, instrumental composition, instrumental/electronic composition)
• Concert Performance
• Solo Dance
• Choreography
• Labanotation
• Dance Pedagogy

Doctoral and habilitation program

Available in Musicology and Music Pedagogy, as well as in the art and design sciences area and ergonomics within the Design program.

Summer course

• Summer course in Gregorian music

Degrees and durations of study

The Folkwang University of the Arts is currently reforming its courses and converting to internationally recognised degree systems. In the course of the modularisation process and the introduction of tiered courses, it is no longer possible to enrol for certain advanced courses as of WS 2009/10. These are: Concert Performance (which will be discontinued), Solo Dance, Choreography, Labanotation and Dance Pedagogy.